This time the spotlights are on the release called The Mediterranean Drift, another record made by a musician living
by the Mediterranean Sea. The album begins with the track Losing coordinates inthe Mediterranean Drift that lasts more than 15 minutes. The first thing you
hear are floating slow and viscous guitars with simultaneous rustles and
clicks; this music is clearly rooted somewhere in the psychedelic genre.
by the Mediterranean Sea. The album begins with the track Losing coordinates inthe Mediterranean Drift that lasts more than 15 minutes. The first thing you
hear are floating slow and viscous guitars with simultaneous rustles and
clicks; this music is clearly rooted somewhere in the psychedelic genre.
Ran Slavin is a phenomenal artist and an experimentalist. Every work of his is
unique and impossible to imitate, he is a pioneer and a genius, as only a
genius is able to play with the same component every time and still make it
interesting for the audience.
unique and impossible to imitate, he is a pioneer and a genius, as only a
genius is able to play with the same component every time and still make it
interesting for the audience.
All six electronic/acoustic pieces are different
sides of the same masterpiece. The idea of creating The Mediterranean Drift was inspired by The Shipwreck (1772), a painting by a French artist
Claude-Joseph Vernet, which happens to be quite an alarming piece of art. It
may very well be that not only the Mediterranean floats in the infinite ocean
of space, but the entire universe itself is moving in an unknown direction;
everything can go sideways at any given time and get lost in the abyss of
madness.
sides of the same masterpiece. The idea of creating The Mediterranean Drift was inspired by The Shipwreck (1772), a painting by a French artist
Claude-Joseph Vernet, which happens to be quite an alarming piece of art. It
may very well be that not only the Mediterranean floats in the infinite ocean
of space, but the entire universe itself is moving in an unknown direction;
everything can go sideways at any given time and get lost in the abyss of
madness.
Slavin has his own unique and easily recognizable style: his music is
chaotic, with the chaos of it being a real living thing, so this music is
anxious and always in motion. The Mediterranean Drift is quite an anxious
record as well. Paranoid motives occur throughout the entire record as hidden
processes get accelerated to the maximum.
If Slavin’s concept was based on the
motives of The Shipwreck, it can be concluded that his endeavor was quite
successful. You will realize many things if you listen to the record and just
read the names of the tracks: On the Red Sea we drifted on the orange waves,
swept calmly into the vast ocean to the point of no return, Financial Warfare
and Psychological Sedatives, Chemical Canaries and Car Alarms…
chaotic, with the chaos of it being a real living thing, so this music is
anxious and always in motion. The Mediterranean Drift is quite an anxious
record as well. Paranoid motives occur throughout the entire record as hidden
processes get accelerated to the maximum.
If Slavin’s concept was based on the
motives of The Shipwreck, it can be concluded that his endeavor was quite
successful. You will realize many things if you listen to the record and just
read the names of the tracks: On the Red Sea we drifted on the orange waves,
swept calmly into the vast ocean to the point of no return, Financial Warfare
and Psychological Sedatives, Chemical Canaries and Car Alarms…
The Mediterranean Drift is available for
free downloading. Enjoy!
free downloading. Enjoy!
Author: Andrei Vasilevsky
